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 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [www.domain won't load, domain without www. does](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/)
 *  Thread Starter [crossbeaux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crossbeaux/)
 * (@crossbeaux)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/#post-5664992)
 * However, when I added this code to the beginning of the .htaccess file, it did
   work.
 *     ```
       # Redirect www urls to non-www
       RewriteEngine on
       RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.omnimedianetworks\.org [NC]
       RewriteRule (.*) http://omnimedianetworks.org/$1 [R=301,L]
       ```
   
 * I don’t know why it worked before and then stopped. But this fix seems seems 
   to address the symptoms, if not identify the actual problem.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [www.domain won't load, domain without www. does](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/)
 *  Thread Starter [crossbeaux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crossbeaux/)
 * (@crossbeaux)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/#post-5664990)
 * Brian, I edited the .htaccess file as you suggested. Unfortunately, nothing changed.
   omnimedianetworks.org works fine, but [http://www.omnimedianetworks.org](http://www.omnimedianetworks.org)
   returns the error code listed above.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [www.domain won't load, domain without www. does](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/)
 *  Thread Starter [crossbeaux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crossbeaux/)
 * (@crossbeaux)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/#post-5664984)
 * Thanks, I will give that a try.
 * As for my site address settings changes, the problem occurred before that. This
   was one of my attempts to solve the problem. But when I changed one of the address
   fields in the WordPress/settings/general screen, it screwed everything up and
   I couldn’t get back to the dashboard. So I followed the description in [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL)
   to temporarily edit the functions.php file. This got me back up and running, 
   and I deleted the lines that I had added.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [www.domain won't load, domain without www. does](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/)
 *  Thread Starter [crossbeaux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crossbeaux/)
 * (@crossbeaux)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/#post-5664932)
 * OK, please excuse my ignorance again. Here’s the content of my current .htaccess
   file:
 * **# BEGIN WordPress
    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / 
   RewriteRule ^index\.php$ – [L] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond%{
   REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>
 * # END WordPress
 * The article on .htaccess basics that briansteeleca gave the link to, suggests
   adding this code to the file to force users to use the non-www version of the
   domain:
 * **# Redirect www urls to non-www
    RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^
   www\.yoursite\.com [NC] RewriteRule (.\*) [http://yoursite.com/$1](http://yoursite.com/$1)[
   R=301,L]
 * Would this work, and would I just add this, or replace what is there? There is
   a warning on the page where the code came from that this might screw up WordPress.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [www.domain won't load, domain without www. does](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/)
 *  Thread Starter [crossbeaux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crossbeaux/)
 * (@crossbeaux)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/#post-5664889)
 * briansteeleca, I will look at what you said, but may need help. Thanks.
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [www.domain won't load, domain without www. does](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/)
 *  Thread Starter [crossbeaux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crossbeaux/)
 * (@crossbeaux)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/#post-5664888)
 * Both the WordPress address and the Site address are set to:
 * [http://omnimedianetworks.org](http://omnimedianetworks.org)
 * Earlier I tried to change one and got totally screwed up and had to modify a 
   file to change the settings back (and removed the settings from the file later).
 *   Forum: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
   
   In reply to: [www.domain won't load, domain without www. does](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/)
 *  Thread Starter [crossbeaux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crossbeaux/)
 * (@crossbeaux)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wwwdomain-wont-load-domain-without-www-does/#post-5664800)
 * Yes, godaddy did check the htaccess file. Whatever they tried, it didn’t work.
 * As for reinstalling, I assume you mean download the wordpress files to my computer,
   and selectively FTP some of the files to the website? I’m not sure what CSS changes
   are (really a novice here), but I do use a certain theme that has been installed.
   I haven’t changed it, however.

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